Overview

• On September 10, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger ruled the indefinite detention of Felipe de Jesús Hernández Marcelo unlawful and ordered ICE to hold a bond hearing within seven days.
• ICE scrapped guidance in January linked to President Trump’s “Protecting the American People Against Invasion” order, with analysts noting less weight to victim status, an end to routine fast-tracking of victim-based filings, more coordination with police, and tighter OPLA review.
• Associated Press reporting says applications for U, T, and VAWA relief have fallen sharply, and some applicants are being detained during the lengthy adjudication process.
• Hernández reported going five days without medication in ICE custody as his attorney warns he is missing rehabilitation and his family accrues debt while he remains confined in Muscatine, Iowa.
• In Chicago, two Mexican parents were detained during a traffic stop on the day of their child’s planned 10th-birthday celebration, and in Texas a Dallas teacher, Darío Sánchez, is out on $150,000 bail after protest-related charges he denies.